[Macomb-Cycling] [S-Smith7 at wiu.edu: cyclist hit in Macomb this weekend]

[Jeffrey R. Calhoun]

The chief of police (Michael Galloway) was contacted late today
via Alderman Dave Dorsett (former local bicycle shop owner).  The
Chief has assigned a Lieutenant to look into this matter.
We should expect a response tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest.

-jeff


On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 05:04:20PM -0700, Maggie Rosol wrote:
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> Jeff, 
>  
> Keep us posted of the facts, since I would gladly write a letter of concern to the Macomb Police Department.  
>  
> Maggie
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 6/30/08, Jeffrey R. Calhoun <jeff at outfitters.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Jeffrey R. Calhoun <jeff at outfitters.com>
> Subject: [Macomb-Cycling] [S-Smith7 at wiu.edu: cyclist hit in Macomb this weekend]
> To: cycling at macomb.com
> Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 10:25 AM
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> This email came in this morning to the bike club website email address.
> I thought you should all be aware of it.  Note - I responded to and thanked
> Scott for the email and have placed a call in to the Macomb Police
> Department to see if I can get more details.  I will try to keep you all
> updated as I find more info.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -jeff
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Scott Smith <S-Smith7 at wiu.edu> -----
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> Delivery-Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:04:05 -0500
> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:02:58 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Scott Smith <S-Smith7 at wiu.edu>
> To: mabc at macomb.com
> 
> Normally I support our law enforcement personnel but the story I heard from the
> cyclist who was hit makes me angry. Basically the cyclist was stopped at a 4 way
> stop waiting her turn to proceed through the intersection when she was bump from
> behind by a car. Thankfully the car was not traveling fast enough to injure the
> cyclist but injury was mainly avoided because she was able to get off the bike
> before it went under the vehicle. The bike was damaged (frame and wheels were
> bent) and could not be ridden from the scene. What make me angry is that the
> Macomb police did not want to write up the incident. The cyclist had to insist
> upon the police doing their job. To make matters worse, MPD apologized to the
> car driver for having to write him a ticket for hitting a bicyclist. As a
> cyclist myself, this is not an attitude I want from local law enforcement.
> There will be more and more cyclists around with gas prices rising and maybe
> the officers need a session or two to become famil!
>  iarized with the cycling world a bit. A TREK bike is not some trinket that can
> be replace everyday. Giving prominent Macomb citizens a by just because it was a
> bicyclist they hit is not right either. Just thought the bicyclists of Macomb
> should be aware. 
> 
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> Jeffrey R. Calhoun                     McDonough Telephone Cooperative
> jeff at mdtc.net                          Infobahn Outfitters
> jeff at outfitters.com                    P.O. Box 248

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Jeffrey R. Calhoun                     McDonough Telephone Cooperative
jeff at mdtc.net                          Infobahn Outfitters
jeff at outfitters.com                    P.O. Box 248
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